Cosy or Alfresco lunch under the trees, ur choice! @ Café Y Taberna

Café Y Taberna was first opened in Tai Hang, a cosy place for coffee, cakes and burgers.

The menu is illustrated on a chalkboard with drawings.

Now another branch of CafeY Taberna has emerged on Amoy Street of Wan Chai, the exterior, name and fonts remain the same as the Tai Hang branch, however the food is slightly different.
The food served at Wan Chai for lunch is purely Thai, there are various lunch sets that range from noodles and rice inclusive of drinks and dessert for about $40.

During the early hours of lunch, it was already filled with people and queues outside, yet I saw the waitress bringing food from the restaurant across the road.
I initially thought there was another building nearby where people could go out to eat, however it turns out the waitress in the silver waistcoat was bringing food to the sit out area across the street.

 

It must be relaxing to eat there, but spoilt by the construction works right next to it driving piles down the earth.
Hopefully the construction machinery stay put, as there have been machinery falling over incidents in WC.

I chose to eat inside, the seats were very cosy, not enough space for people to bring their bags and things.

Inside it was very similar to the Tai Hang branch, except the room was small and cramped, limited space to get around.

From the list of lunches, there were 20 choices!~!

1)Hainan chicken with rice
2)Pork leg stewed in a pot with rice
3)Shrimp paste fried rice
4)Green chicken curry and fried rice
5)Massamume beef curry
6)Thai chicken steak with rice
7)Minced pork with basil and rice
8)Beef and Vegetables with bean thread noodles
9)Minced pork and eggplant
10)Fried Cambodian noodles with sweet and sour sauce.
11)Fried flat noodles with chicken in soy sauce
12)Fried flat noodles with pork in gravy
13)Fried flat noodles with grounded pork, basil and white wine
14)Noodles with seafood in tom yum kung soup
15)Noodles with grounded pork in clear broth
16)Noodles with chicken in clear broth
17)Thai grilled pork with rice
18)Grilled chicken in satay sauce with noodles in sauce
19)Stir fried udon with pork chop
20)Stir fried instant noodles with pork neck meat

In the end I chose Tom Yum Kung noodles, because in the previous review, it was said to be bland.
If you look at in a positive way, people who do not like lemongrass or it being too spicy, it is just right here.
The soup was slightly sour, not too spicy, and I could taste Satay sauce in it too with bits of peanuts.
The noodles had been in the soup for too long, so were bit too soft.

 

 

 

The other noodle that was ordered tasted nice too, it was egg noodles with chicken in satay sauce, it had rich satay sauce with lots of crushed peanuts.

For drinks had the longan iced water, which was quite healthy since a lot of drinks in hK are too sweet, but this one was just right.

The dessert that day was coconut pudding, not the orange agar jelly I was expecting.

For takeaways you do not get dessert, but you are paying the same price as dine in!!!

While I sat there, I saw someone who ordered takeaway asked where the dessert was and the waitress snapped and said “EAT IN – HAVE, TAKE OUT, DON HAVE”

But anyway expect a very busy crowd there during lunchtimes!!